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John Moultrie (politician)
John Moultrie (18 January 1729 – 1798) was an English politician who served as deputy governor of East Florida in the years before the American Revolutionary War. He became acting governor when his predecessor, James Grant, was invalided home in 1771 and held the position until 1774. Moultrie again became a deputy under his successor, Patrick Tonyn, returning to Great Britain in 1784. Early life and educationMoultrie was one of five brothers who became a doctor after obtaining a medical degree from the University of Edinburgh in 1749.[1] Personal lifeMoultrie was married twice, first to Dorothy Mortin in 1753 and later to Eleanor Austin in 1762.[1] Moultrie, after practising as a doctor in Charlestown, moved to East Florida in 1767 and became a planter. Following the Revolutionary War and the loss of Florida by the British, Moultrie moved to England, where he settled at Aston Hall, which his wife had inherited from her father, at Shifnal in Shropshire, and died there in 1798.[1] He was buried at Shifnal Church. In 1809, his daughter Cecilia married the naval officer John Bligh at St Marylebone.[2] Moultrie's grandson, John Moultrie, was an English clergyman hymn-writer. His great-grandson, Gerard Moultrie, was also a hymn-writer. FamilyOf his brothers, three were other key players on opposing sides of the Revolutionary War:
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